Sunday, January 04, 2009

Feeding Jerky

I went down to get some premium wet cat food for Jerky today. I warmed the tin before dishing it out. It's really telling when doing that around a domestic cat, seeing as how he responded immediately to the familiar sound of a tab being pulled on a tin of wet food. Unfortunately he was too feeble to do more than lick at the lump of tuna and whitefish. I wound up breaking the food into lumps with a scoop and he was really quite enthusiastic about consuming it. He polished off half of the food with ease, then went back to moping. Or maybe he was just tired.

Anyway, Jerky seems rather more responsive today. He was able to raise his head and full open his eyes. He even tried to sit up with difficulty, though he only succeeded in shifting his position. Quite an improvement from his original morose fetal position when I found him. Hopefully he'll be yet better the next day, though something would need to be done about his surroundings. I donated a disposable lab coat for his use as a makeshift cushion, but the food around him is bound to rot and will have to be cleared if he's unable to finish it. He'd need to be cleaned, too.

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